French cannibal Jeremy Rimbaud attacks woman after escaping from mental hospital

By Edward Era Barbacena

 A French cannibal who murdered a farmer and cooked his heart and tongue with white beans escaped from a psych ward this week — and brutally attacked a random woman walking her dog, according to reports.

Jeremy Rimbaud, 34, beat the woman with a stick in Toulouse in southern France on Wednesday after breaking free from the psychiatric hospital where he has been held since 2011, the UK Mirror reported.

Rimbaud, a former soldier who served in Afghanistan, allegedly grabbed the woman and punched her in the back of the head around 10 p.m.

He started striking her with a stick before passers-by intervened and chased him off, a law enforcement source told the outlet.

“She was absolutely terrified,” the source said.

“It was only later that she was told that she had been attacked by a known cannibal.”

Rimbaud was apprehended a short time later and returned to the hospital.

He has been held there ever since he was given a life sentence for murdering 90-year-old farmer Leopold Pedebidau in nearby Nouilhan in November 2011.

Authorities said Rimbaud had cut out the victim’s tongue and heart after killing him — and then ate the body parts with the beans.

Jeremy Rimbaud is a veteran of the Afghanistan war
and was diagnosed with PTSD and schizophrenia.

Rimbaud, who was busted when he tried to kill a second farmer, was diagnosed with schizophrenia and PTSD linked to his fighting in Afghanistan, according to reports.

Investigators have launched a probe to determine how Rimbaud was able to escape from the secure psych ward.